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Palo Blanco Creek
Basic information Name: Palo Blanco Creek
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite.
Observed fall: No
Year found: 1954
Country: United States
Mass:help 1482 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 37  (1966)  Chondrite
NHM Catalogue:  5th Edition  (2000)  Eucrite
MetBase:  v. 7.1  (2006)  Eucrite-mmict
Recommended:  Eucrite-mmict    [explanation]

This is 1 of 280 approved meteorites classified as Eucrite-mmict.   [show all]
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Writeup from MB 37:
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PALO BLANCO CREEK, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA; approx. φ = 36 ½° N, λ = 104 ½° W.

FOUND, about 1954.

STONE, chondrite.

22.1 gr. in Inst. Meteor., Univ. New Mexico, USA.

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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 37, Moscow (1966)
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Geography:

United States
Coordinates:
     Catalogue of Meteorites:   (36° 30'N, 104° 30'W)
     Recommended::   (36° 30'N, 104° 30'W)

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 228 approved meteorites from New Mexico, United States (plus 2 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
     This is 1 of 1927 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters)
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